{"id":1257,"date":"2014-11-13T16:29:19","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T16:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-tufts-provost.pantheonsite.io\/institutionalresearch\/?page_id=1257"},"modified":"2025-07-18T12:43:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T16:43:36","slug":"common-data-set","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/institutionalresearch\/about-tufts\/common-data-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Data Set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commondataset.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Common Data Set (CDS) initiative<\/a> is a collaborative effort among data providers in the higher education community and publishers as represented by the <a href=\"https:\/\/bigfuture.collegeboard.org\/college-search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">College Board<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.petersons.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peterson&#8217;s<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/rankings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. News &amp; World Report<\/a>. The goal of this collaboration is to improve the quality and accuracy of information provided to all involved in a student&#8217;s transition into higher education, as well as to reduce the reporting burden on data providers.<\/p>\n<p>Copies of Tufts&#8217; Common Dataset for the past ten years can be found below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/institutionalresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/CDS_2024-2025-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024-2025 Common Data Set<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/institutionalresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/CDS_2023_2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023-2024 Common Data Set<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/institutionalresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/CDS_2022-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022-2023 Common Data Set<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/institutionalresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/CDS-2021-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021-2022 Common Data Set<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/institutionalresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/CDS_2020-2021_Final-Revised-9.1.21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2020-2021 Common Data Set<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/institutionalresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/CDS_2019-2020_Final-Revised-7.28.20.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2019-2020 Common Data Set<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/institutionalresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/CDS_2018-2019-Final-Revised-7.22.19.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2018-2019 Common Data Set<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/institutionalresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/CDS_2017-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-2018 Common Data Set<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/institutionalresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/CDS_2016-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2016-2017 Common Data Set<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/institutionalresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Tufts_CDS_2015-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2015-2016 Common Data Set<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Common Data Set (CDS) initiative is a collaborative effort among data providers in the higher education community and publishers as represented by the College Board, Peterson&#8217;s, and U.S. News &amp; World Report. 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